Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth's Staff

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Alex joins the District 3 office as District Director. Alex brings her experience as a membership coordinator at a civic engagement non-profit and a fundraising consultant at an animal welfare organization and into this role. 
 
Alex was born and raised in Southern California where she attended the University of Southern California to study non-governmental organizations and social change, and economics. While at USC, Alex also lived in Madrid, Spain to study Spanish.  

Alex moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington to earn her Master of Public Administration, where she focused on social policy analysis to address alternatives to incarceration and re-entry programs in the criminal legal system. Also interested in public finance, she had her first experience working with the City of Seattle when she conducted a graduate consultancy report on means to fund Digital Equity work for the Seattle Information Technology Department. 
 
When not at the office, Alex loves staying active, hiking, and reading with her cat by her side.  

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A proud Seattle native, Husky Alum, and District 7 constituent, Nina Park served as the Policy Director to former Councilmember Tanya Woo as well as clerk to the Sustainability, Seattle City Light, Arts & Culture committee. She has also served in leadership positions throughout the City of Seattle in departments such as Transportation, City Light, and in two mayoral administrations.

Nina received her B.A. from University of Washington, and her EMPA at Evan’s School of Public Policy & Governance (Cohort ’18). Prior to working in local government, Nina was a bartender for many years and bartended in Italy and Amsterdam to fund her travels in Europe. Her exposure and experiences with vastly different groups, mixed with her own lived experiences as a daughter of immigrants and small business owners, fuels her passion to make local government accessible to everyone.

Nina is an Institute of a Democratic Future alum (class of 2019), and currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Korean American Coalition.